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How is Father's Day any more relevant to Hackers than it is to the rest of society? If no more relevant (as I suspect), then reminders such as this seem off-to

How is Father's Day any more relevant to Hackers than it is to the rest of society? If no more relevant (as I suspect), then reminders such as this seem off-topic for HN.

AndyKelley 18y ago
It increases the sense of community. And from the title it is easy to avoid if you don't want to waste your time.
- Tichy 18y ago
  Imagine all kinds of similar events being posted to HN. Eventually, it would not be so easy to ignore them anymore. Better to be careful from the beginning.
  - Alex3917 18y ago
    At least these posts are more useful than some of the other stuff that's made the front page recently. The only way I know it's fathers day is from the ads on the radio, and even then I can usually only narrow it down to within a week or so.
jacobbijani 18y ago
Don't be a sourpuss.
dkokelley 18y ago
Hacker News, at least to me, is much more that a "place for hacker news," it's a community. The news articles here are not just plain technology news - I could try CNET for that (Search "Father's Day Gifts" on CNET for a father's day related tech article). HN is run by people like you and me. We're smart people and we typically post and up vote things that other hackers will appreciate. I tend to overlook birthdays and holidays when I am dealing with other things, and I appreciate the fact that someone was thoughtful enough to post a reminder for me.
- mhb 18y ago
  So a short tutorial on how to set up Google Calendar with the holidays and reminders would preempt more of these?
  - dkokelley 18y ago
    A tutorial probably wouldn't help, because most of us already know how to set that up. It's taking the time to do that which is the hard part.
icky 18y ago
It's very on-topic: Workaholic instant-noodle-eating late-nighters occasionally need reminders of upcoming calendar events.
- mhb 18y ago
  Google Calendar: http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlecalendar/tour.html http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlecalendar/tour.html
cdr 18y ago
I agree - the top 3 stories on HN are the worst top 3 I've seen yet.

How is Father's Day any more relevant to Hackers than it is to the rest of society? If no more relevant (as I suspect), then reminders such as this seem off-topic for HN.

AndyKelley 18y ago

It increases the sense of community. And from the title it is easy to avoid if you don't want to waste your time.

Tichy 18y ago
Imagine all kinds of similar events being posted to HN. Eventually, it would not be so easy to ignore them anymore. Better to be careful from the beginning.
- Alex3917 18y ago
  At least these posts are more useful than some of the other stuff that's made the front page recently. The only way I know it's fathers day is from the ads on the radio, and even then I can usually only narrow it down to within a week or so.

jacobbijani 18y ago

Don't be a sourpuss.

dkokelley 18y ago

Hacker News, at least to me, is much more that a "place for hacker news," it's a community. The news articles here are not just plain technology news - I could try CNET for that (Search "Father's Day Gifts" on CNET for a father's day related tech article). HN is run by people like you and me. We're smart people and we typically post and up vote things that other hackers will appreciate. I tend to overlook birthdays and holidays when I am dealing with other things, and I appreciate the fact that someone was thoughtful enough to post a reminder for me.

mhb 18y ago
So a short tutorial on how to set up Google Calendar with the holidays and reminders would preempt more of these?
- dkokelley 18y ago
  A tutorial probably wouldn't help, because most of us already know how to set that up. It's taking the time to do that which is the hard part.

icky 18y ago

It's very on-topic: Workaholic instant-noodle-eating late-nighters occasionally need reminders of upcoming calendar events.

mhb 18y ago
Google Calendar: http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlecalendar/tour.html http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlecalendar/tour.html

cdr 18y ago

I agree - the top 3 stories on HN are the worst top 3 I've seen yet.